This report examines the evolving information landscape in Lebanon since the outbreak of the Israel-Gaza conflict in October 2023 and its subsequent expansion into Lebanese territory. Through a comprehensive analysis of available documentation, we provide an assessment of information availability, critical gaps, and temporal patterns across humanitarian pillars and sectors based on the Joint Intersectoral Analysis Framework (JIAF).
Our methodology captures diverse information sources integrated through the GANNET Virtual Assistant tool’s API ecosystem. These sources include local and international media coverage, humanitarian assessment reports, situation updates from ReliefWeb, press releases from various stakeholders, official government statistics, and insights from informal discussions with select sectoral actors. This multi-source approach offers a holistic view of how the information environment has responded to the evolving crisis, highlighting both strengths in documentation and areas where critical information needs remain underserved.
By tracking documentation trends from October 2023 through March 2025, this analysis reveals how information priorities have shifted as the conflict has evolved from a peripheral concern to a direct humanitarian emergency, providing valuable insights for humanitarian coordination, resource allocation, and strategic planning efforts in Lebanon. For more information and analysis on the humanitarian situation in Lebanon, see other documents in this series here.
This report is part of the Lebanon project funded by the H2H Network and developed with the support of IMPACT Initiatives, which provided access to its assessment registry and collaborated with DFS throughout the process.
This report provides a detailed overview of information sources related to the Lebanon crisis, covering elements such as the temporal distribution of documentation, analytical framework pillars, sectors, affected groups, and information gaps. A key feature of this analysis is our innovative approach using the GANNET AI Virtual Assistant, which systematically retrieved metadata from all sources available through our API connections from October 2023 through March 2025.
Each section of the report is structured into two main parts: Available Data and Data Gaps. Within the Available Data section, we further analyze: (1) key information sources, (2) the evolution of data over time, and (3) challenges related to access. This structural approach enhances clarity and enables tailored insights based on the nature of the data. By analyzing over 80,000 entries across operational environment and sectoral analysis categories, we have constructed a robust picture of how information priorities shifted during critical phases of the crisis.
Our findings highlight how information production responded to key conflict milestones, including the initial spillover from the Israel-Gaza conflict, the escalation to open warfare in September 2024, and the ceasefire period beginning in November 2024.
The report examines the main barriers to holistic information collection and identifies significant data gaps across pillars and sectors, evaluating which humanitarian dimensions received adequate documentation and which remained underrepresented throughout different conflict phases. This approach incorporates both quantitative analysis of documentation volumes and qualitative assessment of coverage quality, providing a multi-dimensional understanding of the Lebanon information landscape.
